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contact potential difference (Volta potential difference)

The electric potential difference between one point in the vacuum close to the surface of M1 and another point in the vacuum close to the surface of M2, where M1 and M2 are two uncharged metals brought into contact.
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PAC, 1983, 55, 1251 (Interphases in systems of conducting phases (Provisional)) on page 1257
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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